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Technology for
Differentiation
Session Overview
● What Is Differentiation?
● Differentiation Strategies
● Resources
Objectives
Participants will:
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Are you a
BOWLER?
Why Differentiate?
● All kids are different.
● One size does not fit all.
● Differentiation provides all students with access to all curriculum.
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Differentiation is...
●A teacher’s response to learner needs
Engaging and interesting tasks for all learning Confining some students to low level, repetitive or
preferences, interest and levels of readiness rote tasks while others engage in higher-order
thinking
A reasonable number of well constructed choices that Different students working on different expectations
address identified needs/strengths of students with varying success criteria (e.g., different rubrics)
Students learning about themselves to help them Teachers assuming responsibility for making all
make effective and informed choices decision regarding student choice
Routines, procedures, and classroom agreements are A chaotic or unstructured classroom environment
in place
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According to Students’
Learning
Readiness Interest Profile
Adapted from The Differentiated Classroom: Responding to the Needs of All Learners (Tomlinson, 1999). 10
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Differentiation Strategies
1. Group students based on knowledge
2. Create pods with student captains
3. Create tiered lessons
4. Create handouts for common questions
5. Include hands-on activities and projects
6. Provide study guides, worksheets, and notes
7. Flip your classroom
8. Leverage your students' strengths
9. Practice flexible grouping
10. Offer more choices for learning
11. Think-pair-share
12. Digital curriculum/Technology
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Why ?
● Online platform
● Easy access for students
○ No signing-in
○ Computer, tablets, phones
● Align assessments to curriculum standards
● short-term and long-term data on classroom performance
● Differentiate by automatically assigning follow up
activities based on student performance.
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Differentiate
with
Differentiate
with
Differentiate
with
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Let’s Play
Resources
1. http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/108028/chapters/Differentiation@-
An-Overview.aspx
2. https://education.cu-portland.edu/blog/classroom-resources/examples-of-
differentiated-instruction/
3. https://www.prodigygame.com/blog/differentiated-instruction-strategies-
examples-download/#unique-identifier
4. https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/quizalize/Quizalize+Teacher+Guide.pdf
5. https://www.quizalize.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Step-by-Step-
Quizalize-Google-Classroom.pdf